Phil Kurth of Hookturn is releasing a new ACF extension plugin called ACF Remote Sync. It lets you sync field groups across sites.

The ACF team is offering an annual survey with the first one starting now. I’ve been very happy to see the direction that ACF is taking and asking for feedback like this is another example. If you are using ACF then sharing how you use it and providing input could be helpful to the team.

From Mathieu Viet of the BuddyPress team shares that BuddyPress is preparing for some big changes. There is some self-reflection and course correction about the project focus and purpose that sounds promising.

The Amazon team has launched “CodeWhisperer” which is an AI code assistant similar to Github’s Copilot, except that it is free for personal use. It looks very interesting.

Cloudways has been known for allowing users to pick their own cloud provider, sever size and customizations. Now they have announced a beta of their Autoscale service which is fully managed, auto-scaling, load balanced, and high availability.

Bricks has a beta version of 1.8 that includes the new menu builder. Here is a video walk-through by Thomas Ehrig of the Bricks Team showing the new menu builder and how it works. It is very flexible, emphasizes accessibility, and looks amazing. It is probably the most flexible menu builder available

Sarah Gooding at WPTavern reports that the Kirki plugin provided components for building out the WordPress Customizer. It appears to be a casualty of block-based themes.